Here's An Idea For You Joe

[Peadar]

I was having a go off my friends Sky Digital TV and had heard so much about this "Big Brother" thing on E4 that I decided to check it out. It was amazing! I could choose from 4 different camera views. Live coverage of a deck chair, two hour delayed coverage of a deck chair and four hour delayed coverage of a deck chair. I can't remember what the fourth camera was covering or if there even was a fourth camera view.
It struck me that if such viewing could be compulsory to many thousands then maybe you could mount a few cameras in Turners Cross which could provide live and delayed coverage of the ground developments there.

What do you think?

Peadar.

[joe]

i see only one problem - planning permission!

[Peadar]

It would be classed as a temporary structure and I'm sure a permit would suffice. Even then I'm not sure that would be necessary as this would be just like installing security cameras and I haven't heard of planning permission being required for them.

I know what it is, too much work involved and the fact that you'd actually have to go down to the cross ;)

Peadar.

[joe]

is it 'pick on joe' day or something?

[Peadar]

I want to know what the latest is on the ground development and what type of shadows this structure will cast on the playing area.
I need to know so badly :(

[joe]

it's twenty past two and it's ****ing rain here in Cork, but if it means that much to you I might knock off early and swing by the cross on my way home.

[Peadar]

How badly is it raining?
Floods type rain or Irish summer type rain?
It climbed to 28 here today.

[joe]

it's little more than a drizzle at the moment but it has been constantly raining all day.

[pete]

Drizzle was never considered rain as far as I remember in Cork! :D

Only when raods vbecome impassable & Oliver Plunkett St is under a couple of feet is that Real Mens Rain!!!!

Sure tis probably just a soft day?

[joe]

it's a very soft day.

i was just writing in lay mans terms in case being in dublin had any effect on your understanding of meteorological terms

:p

[Peadar]

I'm travelling to within a couple of hundred kilometers of the Artic Circle next week so I'm after brushing up on my meteorological terms.
Funny though "****ing rain" wasn't among them ;)

peadar

[joe]

you'll find out all about '****ing rain' when you get there, methinks

:D

[Peadar]

They have 24 hours of daylight and AFAIK they weather is very good this time of year. I hope!

[joe]

given my recent experience of travelling in that part of the world i wouldn't bet on it!!!!!

[Leonard]

While I like the idea of cameras keeping us up to date, I believe it would be better if Joe simply sat in the Shed for the rest of the summer and give us half hourly updates including specials such as interviews with builders etc etc.
This is your chance to show your dedication Joe, you owe it to the rest of us.

[James]

maybe he ask the builders whos going to win the league...

hey they might know something!

[joe]

right, i'm off to the cross now. if you don't hear from me within a few hours, then i've probably been buried alive under some new structure in a mafia-style hit.

[dahamsta]

Hey Joe, don't forget to bring the webcams with you. And you should order the leased line while you're at it. Just set aside ten grand for the moment, that should get you started.

adam

[joe]

shouldn't you be busy setting up my server account?????

[Gerry Desmond]

Geez, poor Joe - rough day at the office. Lay off the lad, he's doing his best, although I notice his building report isn't in yet...
Gerry

[James]

gerry just back from ground
joe is probably touching up the shots at the moment
could get inside the ground as you will see but at least they will prove that there is work going on there

[Gerry Desmond]

Well done lads! Looking forward to the progress report + pics. Good to see Joe was prepared to leave the pub and venture out into the rain/drizzle on behalf of the dry City hordes around the globe.
Logging out till tomorrow,
Gerry

[joe]

Originally posted by James
could get inside the ground as you will see but at least they will prove that there is work going on there

so that's where you disappeared to!

just to let everyone else know, we couldn't get inside the ground.
anyway here's the pix, not great but you can just about make out the roof in the second one:

http://www.geocities.com/derrynane2001

[James]

****e sry typo
that will learn me to read the nonsense i post in future
yea it doesnt make sense otherwise

we couldnt get into the ground
thats better

[James]

and now having seen the pics from the site Joe I'm left to wonder was it worth it.

and Peadar need not worry either...
Joe dont give up the day job ;)

[joe]

it's speed of delivery that counts in this game, not quality!!!!!!

besides where else would you get pix of developments of the cross the say day you asked for them?

[James]

true point taken
10/10 for that so

[Neil]

Outstanding work lads (well with the second photo anyway!)

[joe]

thanks neil,

i feel so appreciated now.

[Peadar]

I can't believe that I'm now the person everyone is picking on.
I haven't given up my day job either.
There's a made thunder storm over here.
The Bohs lads must be able to see it from Tallinn too.
Joe your pictures are very arty!
The first one is very abstract.
I'm just a plain old grass roots football snapper.
The roof is going to look so funny over that side.
The cross is begining to resemble a patchwork quilt more each week.

Can someone go out and get me a burger?
I'm Lee Marvin.

[joe]

I was going for that post-modern chiaroscuro llook

[Pablo]

Outstanding stuff Joe. dedication to the cause!!! thats what i like to see!

[Peadar]

We are in the middle of the most amazing thunder storm I've ever seen. It's shaking the whole building.
Hope this weather clears or there's a fear that the ferry crossings will be cancelled.
We don't have weather in Ireland we just have rain with the occasional dash of sunlight.

[joe]

what are you doing on the net then - you'll fry your modem!

[Peadar]

I'm in the networks office for a global communications company. T1's all the way boy. I was on the mobile to my boss and there was a clap of thunder on his end then the phone went dead. I hope he's alright because I still haven't asked him for the afternoon off tomorrow. It's not going to be easy to get a taxi home at 11:45 in the middle of this storm.
Bless overtime!
There's now three sections in my timesheet,
Work
Travel
Browsing Football Forums

Oh crap that was close.
All the light's went out but the trusty UPS keeps me up and running.

Ah the lights are back on.
That's it I'm going home while I can still find my way out.

[joe]

Originally posted by Barry's Tea
Ah the lights are back on.
That's it I'm going home while I can still find my way out.

that would be a good idea

[niamh]

The photo of the ground developments especially the top one was the best laugh I've had all day!

Speaking of weather we had a storm here the other night that has over an hour of constant lightning and hailstone (this is July) the size of marbles (no exageration). The thing continued the next and caused a few tornados to touch down in the next province. We were "lucky" it passed us at night. It's the temperatures of over 30 degrees that's screwing everything up...

[Peadar]

You'll be glad to hear that I got home safely last night and even made it back into work today. The lack of football news is no incentive to come into work. Bring on the new season.
Despite the forest fire warnings I've yet to see one. Burn baby burn.

[Gerry Desmond]

Well at the moment in Cork it's 'raining' on and off, though this should NOT under any circumstances be confused with specifically Finnish or general Scandinavian 'true' rain. And it's a bit windy too. In fact, this whole week on the old sod has made me SO glad we've (well THEY'VE) decided to introduce non-winter football. I can see the queues already at turnstiles. And didn't Joe do well...give him a break now.
Gerry

[Peadar]

Adding extra cover to the seated areas in Turners Cross will be needed more when we begin non-winter football. Why can't they just show the games on Sky Sports and then we can all stay in the pub to watch the games. It has to be better than sitting in a cold wet football ground. Anyone I know who takes the Sky Sports option on a Sunday afternoon is an expert on all things football! Could this be where we're going wrong?

[joe]

After yesterdaay's triumph I decided to take the morning off......

.....to see if I could go one better. check it out:

http://www.geocities.com/derrynane2001/

[pete]

The 1st photo was fine for me.Didn't need the 3rd one at all....... ;)

So Peadar has a rival now?

[Gerry Desmond]

Third photo is great, Joe! The goalposts look a bit dodgy though...
Isn't it fab to be able to just take a morning off like that?
Also since my last post (ha!) the sun has shone brightly in this fair city of ours. Can they change the weather as fast as THAT in Helsinki, Peadar?
Gerry

[Peadar]

You've sold your soul to the media.
That contemporary and somewhat adstract flair you showed in the first shot is completely void in the "Money Shot".
Another young hopeful swallowed up by the corporate machine
:(

On a serious note though it's a pity there's so many posts holding it up but I suppose the restrictions of the size of the area meant that this is the best they can do.

Hope the tickets warn of restricted views.

[joe]

The posts are back against the wall, though, so they shouldn't have much effect.

[Peadar]

Originally posted by Gerry Desmond
Can they change the weather as fast as THAT in Helsinki, Peadar?
Gerry

If I was out of the console room/server room long enough I might be able to tell you.
The last time I flew home from Helsinki I was unfortunate enough to sit next to a Finnish man who was after half a bottle of whiskey and wanted more. Anyway he said that he loved Ireland because if you didn't like the weather you could just wait a minuet and it would change. They're obsessed with whiskey over here.

[pete]

Place a nice big roof on the St Annes End & the ground won't be half bad & the noise should be kept in a bit better.

BTW wasn't there some plans for a TV box under or over the stand? Would be a lot better if they dropped onto that new roof on the Derrynane Road side to point at the stand?

[Peadar]

Originally posted by joe
The posts are back against the wall, though, so they shouldn't have much effect.

Is that just scaffolding in the picture so or am I imagining the posts being closer to the front than the back of the stand?

[joe]

I think you must be imagining things - how you ever got a photo published in City's programme is beyond me :p

There are plans to put a tv box on top of the Donie Forde Stand. Not sure what's happening with that at the moment though.

Still we're getting closer to building a retractable roof each day! still no sign of floodlights though

[Gerry Desmond]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by joe
how you ever got a photo published in City's programme is beyond me :p

I'll have you know Peadar is strongly influenced by my mid-80s style.
Also I happen to know the editor. Not sure yours would make it into the programme, on the evidence to date :D But keep trying...
Gerry